DA’s 10 Good Habits for a Digital Photographer

10 Good Habits for a Digital Photographer by Yusuf Hashim The Throne Room can be an awfully inspiring place. Sitting on my throne this morning, I remembered Stephen Covey’s enormously popular book written in 1989 about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey argued that there were certain basic principles of character ethics that are common to successful people. He said that if we can develop those habits, we too can be equally...

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DA’s 10 Good Habits for Successful Travel Photography

PMPE 10 Good Habits for Travel Photography by Yusuf Hashim During the PhotoMalaysia PhotoSafari Experience (PMPE3) outings in Cambodia and Vietnam, and next year to Laos, Nepal and the Old Silk Road, Maxby and I try to tell our participants all of the hard lessons we’ve learned during our lifelong adventure in photography. We have a list of nearly a hundred good habits for successful Travel Photography. We also have similar lists for...

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Ricoh GR Digital III, another journey with a P&S Camera at PMPE3, Ho Chi Minh City

Using a point and shoot camera in the company of serious photographers with big brands high end DSLRs is considered a joke. Most wannabe photographers would not even consider purchasing a P&S camera. Why is this so? P&S cameras were targeted to occasional shooters who wanted convenience and posting the photos in their blog would be the end output. However, one relatively unknown Company has reversed the trend by producing high end...

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Adventures of Bruce, a Pentax K-x in PMPE3, Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam

I am glad that the megapixel war is finally over. I think the manufacturers should be looking at dynamic range and tonal quality. My prediction is that in the near future, there will be specialist manufacturers making image sensors just like Intel and AMD and other camera manufacturers just buy these sensors and use it in their cameras not unlike the computer industry. Some of you may have noticed that camera manufacturers are moving away from...

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